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The earliest known settlement in the Shirley area was at Berry Mound Camp at what is now Solihull Lodge, in the west of Shirley. This was the site of an Iron Age Hill Fort, which may have been the scene of a battle between the forces of King Alfred and besieged Danes [1] (and with archaeological evidence which would indicate defense of the site during this period).
Solihull Lodge is a residential area of Solihull (to the southwest of Shirley), near its border with Birmingham (Yardley Wood and Warstock areas). The area developed originally from a number of farms which were located near to the Mill Pond on Priory Road.
In 2016 Connells Group acquired Paul Dubberley, based in the West Midlands. [17] In 2016 Connells Group acquired Touchstone Residential, operating in Kent, Buckinghamshire and the west country. [18] In 2021, the group purchased Countrywide, with branches across the UK. [19]
Dorridge is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands (county), England. Historically part of the historic county of Warwickshire , the village is encompassed within the electoral ward of Dorridge and Hockley Heath, which had a population of 11,140 in the 2011 census .
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was created in 1974 from the existing boroughs of Dudley, the Municipal Borough of Stourbridge and the Municipal Borough of Halesowen.. This followed an earlier reorganisation in 1966, as per the provisions of the Local Government Act 1958, which saw an expansion of the three boroughs from the abolition of the surrounding urban districts of Amblecote ...
For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG32) and is one of seven boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region. Much of the large residential population in the north of the borough centres on the communities of Castle Bromwich , Kingshurst , Marston Green and Smith's Wood as well as the towns of ...
It covered the town of Solihull itself, as well as Shirley and Olton. It is a largely well-off, residential area, in the south-east of the West Midlands conurbation. 1945–1950: The part of the County Borough of Birmingham in the present Tamworth constituency, and the urban district of Solihull. [5] 1950–1974: The Urban District of Solihull. [6]
Chelmsley Wood, sometimes called just Chelmsley, is a town [1] and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, with a population of 12,453. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is located near Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre .